Read & Write Gold - for Students, Faculty and Staff

Read & Write Gold supports college students with reading, writing, studying and research. This program seamlessly integrates with Microsoft applications, PDFs, e-mail, the Internet, and other software, and has over 20 useful tools, including:

Text-to-Speech: listen to print materials as text is read aloud

Speech Maker: convert a text document to an audio file for mobile listening

Speech Input: use your voice to write instead of your keyboard

Tools for research, note-taking, writing and studying

Download Read & Write Gold

UND students, faculty, and staff are allowed one free copy of the Read & Write Gold software. To obtain your copy, please use the links below. You will be prompted to login with your NDUS.Identifier username and password in order to download the installation file.

For assistance, contact UND Tech Support at http://und.edu/tech-support, 701.777.6305 or stop by the UND Tech Support Service Desk in the Memorial Union, Room 3 (lower level), next to the computer lab.

Tutorials

The installed Read & Write Gold program has built-in tutorials, which you can select using the black down arrow next to any icon or by clicking the black arrow to the right of the Texthelp button on the toolbar and choosing “All Video Tours.” You can also view tutorials on the Texthelp Read&Write Channel: http://www.texthelp.com/north-america/support/videos/

Using the Floating Toolbar– a customizable, easy-to-use toolbar “floats” on top of any window on your computer screen, and seamlessly integrates with Microsoft applications, PDFs, e-mail, the Internet, and other software

Chrome: Read&Write for Google is a Chrome extension that provides comprehensive reading and writing supports for Google Docs and the Web as well as PDFs, ePubs, and KES files stored in Google Drive. Download it on from the Chrome Store. Click here to learn more.

For Assistance

For assistance, contact UND Tech Support at http://und.edu/tech-support, 701.777.6305 or stop by the UND Tech Support Service Desk in the Memorial Union, Room 3 (lower level), next to the computer lab.